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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-rules-1971/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/1991",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Blood Tests) Rules 1971",
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  "number": "13",
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  "text": "When a direction form is returned to the court by a sampler, or by a tester, unless it is accompanied by a report under section 20(2) of the Act, the court shall cause a copy of the form to be served on each party to the proceedings and shall consider any entries made on the direction form by the sampler, tester or any other person and may vary or revoke the direction or make such order as to the hearing or the continuation of the hearing of the complaint as appears to the court to be appropriate in all the circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/879",
      "affecting_title": "The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) (No.2) Order 2014"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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